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In reply to the discussion: Kerry Labels Assad ‘HITLER’ Despite DINING WITH HIM, British SOLD Syria CHEM Weapons For Civil War [View all]karynnj
(60,981 posts)1) Kerry's concession was the slowest in modern times - if you count the first Gore concession. He conceded the NEXT DAY when there were not enough uncounted votes to turn Ohio. (Voter suppression cost him Ohio.) Unlike 2000, there were not ballots to examine and a gap of about 500 - it was a gap of about 120,000. No recount has ever come close to changing the totals to that degree.
2) As to Godwin, this is a rare case - like Pol Pot - where you have an extremely evil person. He leads a government that gassed its own people - and then shelled that area for the next 4 days. I wonder if back in the late 1930s, people would have made similar objections to Hitler being called a modern day Genghis Khan. Assad's action place him in this horrible group.
3) He married Teresa - not the Heinz fortune. He will not inherit it. Nice that you turn to RW smears. It seems obvious to anyone who knows anything about them that he married a beautiful, brilliant, and caring woman with whomhe shares many interests. They have been married for over 15 years.
Not to mention, Teresa has used her foundation to do things like lead the other Pittsburgh philanthropists in revitalizing Pittsburgh in the late 1990s and making it one of the greenest cities in the country. In addition, she has funded conferences on women's health and pensions - twice a year - in Pittsburgh and Boston. Her foundation prototyped the MA prescription drug plan.